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🎸 THE CURIOUS GUITARIST 🎸

"The Curious Guitarist" by Dan Dresnok is a 251-page guitar method book that'll take you from a complete beginner to an advanced level. Tablature (tab) is used throughout this book. You'll start by learning the fundamentals, including guitar anatomy, changing strings, warm-ups, and basic chords.

You'll then build on this foundation by focusing on five (5) main pillars of guitar playing:

• Rhythm & Strumming: Details rhythm theory and patterns, including counting, reading, tapping, playing, picking, and strumming.

• Chords: Including basic open & barre, extended, scale chords, altered, sus, power, slash, hybrid, and more.

• Arpeggios: Covers how they work in music, including all fretboard shapes and positions for basic triads, extended, and altered.

• Scales & Modes: Shows how to map out the fretboard for soloing using the major & minor scales, all complete modes, and all pentatonic shapes as well as how they relate to keys & chords.

• Repertoire: You'll get a starting song list of traditional songs.

This method connects these topics with practical music theory, such as reading sheet music, ear training, intervals, keys, and the Nashville Number System. It also includes sections on advanced techniques like blues soloing, double stops, and harmonics to help students apply what they have learned.

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🎶 BLUES FOR THE CURIOUS GUITARIST 🎶

"Blues for the Curious Guitarist" is a 51-page workbook by Dan Dresnok that provides a step-by-step method for learning blues guitar, moving from beginner fundamentals to advanced applications. This progressive workbook focuses on the theory and application of the blues genre.

You'll start with essentials like reading tablature, finding notes on the fretboard, and basic chords. You'll then focus on the core components of blues playing:

• Blues Structures: Covers the 12-bar blues progression in multiple keys and dominant 7th chords.

• Major and Minor Blues: Explains the different scales and approaches for both major and minor blues styles.

• Soloing Toolkit: Details essential scales (pentatonic, natural minor, Mixolydian), arpeggios, and the "blue note."

• Fretboard Navigation: Teaches all five positions of the pentatonic scale and strategies for moving between them.

This workbook also integrates key techniques like walk-ups, walk-downs, turnarounds, and creating a swing feel. Each lesson is designed to build upon the last, helping students systematically understand and play the blues.

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🎷 JAZZ FOR THE CURIOUS GUITARIST 🎷

"Jazz for the Curious Guitarist" is a 92-page reference workbook that'll teach you jazz guitar through a step-by-step curriculum developed by Dan Dresnok. You'll begin with foundational skills, covering rhythm studies, basic music theory, reading music notation (tab is also included), and a review of open and barre chords.

You'll then build upon these basics with complex jazz concepts such as: 

• Chord Harmony: You'll play 7th chords, extensions (9ths, 11ths, 13ths), and the ii-V-I progression.

• Advanced Harmony: You'll learn intervals, passing chords, tritone substitutions, and secondary dominants.

• Arpeggio Navigation: You'll learn to construct and map arpeggios for 7ths, 9ths, and 13ths across the fretboard.

• Improvisation: You'll be taught all relative modes, as well as altered, diminished, whole tone, and bebop scales.

This workbook uses practical exercises to help you apply the material. These include studies on cycling 4ths and two full-length jazz chord progressions.

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🎄 20 CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR THE CURIOUS GUITARIST 🎄

"20 Christmas Songs for the Curious Guitarist" is a 49-page instrumental songbook by guitar teacher Dan Dresnok. Play high-quality arrangements for 20 carols, perfect for any six-string guitar (acoustic, electric, or classical). This collection uses a dual-arrangement system for maximum flexibility, accessible to beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. 

Every song in this book features two (2) complete, independent arrangements:

• Basic Arrangements: These provide the vocal melody in standard notation and tablature, along with chord symbols. You'll use these for playing melodies, duets, or simple accompaniment.

• Full Arrangements: These offer a complete solo guitar piece combining the melody and harmony. You'll use these versions for solo performances, recitals, or developing fingerstyle technique.

This songbook includes a total of 20 songs: Angels We Have Heard On High, Auld Lang Syne, Away in a Manger, Come All Ye Faithful, Deck the Halls, Go Tell It On the Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, O Holy Night, Oh Christmas Tree, Silent Night, The First Noel, The Twelve Days of Christmas, We Three Kings, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, and What Child Is This.

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